Hog-scraping machine.



No. 663,449. Patented Dec. ll, I900.

- T. LEBIEDZRNSKI.

HOG SCRAPING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 23, 1.900.)

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No. 663,449. Patented Dec. ll, I900.

T. LEBIEDZINS KI.

HOG SGRAPING MACHINE.

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HOG-SCRAPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,449, dated December1 1, 1900.

Application filed April 23, 1900. Serial No. 13,953. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS LEBIEDZINSKI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Hog- Scraping Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hog-scraping machines.

This object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofhog-scraping machines and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one capable of effectively removing the hair, dirt,bristles, and the like from the carcasses of hogs or other animals andadapted to take a hog from one track or rail, clean the carcass, anddeliver the same automatically to another track or rail,whereby theoperation of the machine will be entirely automatic.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hog-scrapingmachine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of aportion of the machine. Fig. dis a horizontal sectional viewillustrating the arrangement of the tracks or rails. Fig. 5 is a detailview illustrating the arrangement of the converging guides with relationto the end of the adjacent track.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a supportingframe or main frame provided with corner-posts2 and 3,10- cated at the front and back of the frame and suitablyconnected at the top and bottom and provided at their upperportions withlongitudinal grooves or ways 4: and 5, which receive the oppositeflights of a pair of endless chains 6 and 7, which are connected atintervals by horizontal rods 8 and which form an endless carrier. Theendless carrier is provided at the centers of its rods 8 with hooks 9,adapted to take the carcass of ahog automatically from a track or rail10 and carry the carcass between a pair of rotary scrapers 11 and 12 andbrushes 13 and 14 and then deliver the said carcass to another track orrail 15. The track or rail 10 is arranged at an inclination and extendsdownward toward the machine to carry the carcasses automatically intothe machine, and the other track or rail 15 inclines downward from themachine to carry the carcasses away from the same, as hereinafterexplained. The chains 6 and7 extend vertically through the grooves orways of the posts or uprights of the main frame and horizontally acrossthe latter at the top and bottom of the endless carrier, and they arearranged on upper idlers 16 and 17, a pair of lower idlers 18, and apair of lower sprocket-wheels 19,which are keyed or otherwise secured toa horizontal shaft 20. The horizontal shaft 20, which is journaled insuitable bearings of the main frame, is extended beyond the back of thesame and is designed to be driven by a belt, asillustrated in dottedlines in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings. The guide pulleysor idlers 16, 17, and 18 may be constructed in any suitable manner andmay consist of sprocket-wheels to engage the links of the chains, ifdesired.

The track or rail 10 extends into the frame and is provided with an arm21, disposed transversely of the endless carrier and having its terminal22 extended and curved in the direction of the movement of the saidendless carrler, and it is adapted to hold the loop 23 of a hanger 24 inposition to be engaged automatically by one of the hooks 9 of thehorizontal rods 8. The terminal 22 is provided with a projection 25,which is adapted to stop the hanger at the end of the track and hold theloop 23 exactly in the path of the hooks 9. The hook 9 is adapted, asclearly indicated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, to engage theloop of the hanger 24, and

the endless carrier will then draw the said hanger oif the track or railand carry the carcass upward between the rotary scrapers and the rotarybrushes. The carcass descends at the back of the frame, and the hangeris deposited on the curved end 26 of the arm 27 of the track or rail 15by a tripping device, consisting of a pair of curved guides 28, loca-IOO ted at opposite sides of the end 26 of the rail 15 in the path of anextension or arm 29 of the hook. The curved guides 28 prevent the hangerfrom swaying laterally, and they consist of plates or pieces secured tothe inner faces of the uprights or posts 3 and extend ing inward, asclearly shown in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings. The armorextension 29 depends from an eye 30 of the hook and is adapted tooscillate the latter and withdraw the same from the loop of the hanger24, whereby the hanger will be deposited automatically upon the end 26of the rail 15. The rail inclines downward from its end 26, so that assoon as the hanger, with its load, is deposited upon the track it willslide down the same and be carried quickly away from the hook and out ofthe machine. Theinner ends of the rails extend in opposite directionsand the said rails are suspended by suit-able brackets 31 fromsupporting-bars 32, the brackets being bowed outward between their endsto permit the hangers to pass them readily. The eye of the hook forms abearing through which passes the rod 8, whereby the hook is adapted tooscillate to release the hanger when it is engaged by the trippingdevice.

The scrapers 11 and 12 consist of resilient blades suitably fixed to apair of horizontal shafts 33 and 34, journaled in suitable bearings 35and 36 and located at the inner and outer sides of the uprights orcorner-posts 2 of the main frame. The blades 37 of the scraper llgradually decrease in length from the ends of the scraper to the centerthereof, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings,while the blades 38 of the scraper 12 gradually increase in length fromthe ends of the scraper to the center thereof. The rotary brushes, whichare located above the scrapers 1 1 and 12,are provided with shafts 39and 40, jonrnaled in suitable bearings 41 and 42, arranged at theopposite faces of the posts or uprights 2, similar to the bearings ofthe scrapers 11 and 12. Motion is comm unicated from the drive-shaft 20to the scrapers 11 and 12 by means of belts 43 and 44, as clearly shownin Fig. 3 of the drawings. The belt 43, which extends upward andoutward, is arranged on pulleys 45 and 46 of the shafts 20 and 34 andthe belt 44, which. is arranged on pulleys 47 and 48 of the shafts 20and 34, is crossed, as shown. By this arrangement of belts the scrapersare driven in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 3. The brushes areconnected with the scrapers by means of diagonally-disposed crossedbelts 49 and 50, extending, respectively, from the inner scraper to theouter brush and from the inner brush to the outer scraper and mounted onsuitable pulleys fixed to the ends of the shafts of the brushes andscrapers and located at opposite sides of the frame.

The frame is provided at the back with a horizontal guard 51, disposedhorizontally and having an outwardly-curved upper edge 52 and adapted toguide the carcass and prevent the same from swaying. The guard isadapted to steady the carcass as it descends Etorun upon the tracks orrails.

In order to avoid injuring the legs of a hog and prevent the carcassfrom falling, the

smain frame is provided adjacent to. the rotary scrapers withinwardly-extending guards 55, arranged in pairs and adapted to preventthe scraper-blade from coming in contact with 1 the attached legs of theanimals. 55, which extend inward from the adjacent The guards uprights 2and 3, are spaced apart to provide intervening spaces for the legs ofthe carcass. The legs of the carcass pass upward through the spacebetween the guards, which serve as shields and which also steady thelegs and prevent them from swinging into the rotary scrapers shouldthere be any tendency of the carcass to rotate.

It will be seen that as the scrapers and the brushes are rapidly rotatedand as the carcass of the animal is moved in the opposite direction tothe rotation of such cleaning dcvices the hair, dirt, and bristles willbe effectively removed. It will also be apparent that the machine isadapted to take a hog automatically from one track or rail, clean thecarcass, and deposit the same automatically on another track or railthat is adapted to carry the animal out of the machine and away from thesame. Furthermore, it will be apparent that the machine is purelyautomatic in its operation, and that it is only necessary to feed thehogs to it by starting them down the inclined track or rail leading tothe machine.

What is claimed is-- 1. In a machine ofthe class described,thecombination of an upright frame, rails extending into andout of theframe, an upright endless carrier arranged to take a carcass from one ofthe rails and deposit it on the other rail and provided with hooksarranged to pass over the rails, the said rails being arranged in thepath of the hooks, whereby the latter will be adapted to automaticallyengage a hanger for carrying an animal, and a tripping device arrangedin the path of the hooks and adapted to tilt or oscillate the same tocause the hanger to be deposited on the rail extending from the frame,substantially as described.

2. Ina machine of the class described, the combination of a frame, anupright endless carrier mounted on the frame and provided with hooks,rails extending into and outof the frame and having their adjacent endsarranged in the path of the hooks and spaced apart, one of the railsbeing adapted to support a hanger in position to be engaged by thehooks, and a tripping devicelocated adjacent to the other rail andadapted to disengage the hooks from the hangers to cause the latter tobe deposited upon the latter rail, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame, anendless carrier mounted on the frame and provided with hooks, railsextending to and from the frame and having their adjacent ends spacedapart and arranged in the path of the hooks, one of the rails beingadapted to support a hanger in position to be engaged by the hooks, anda pair of guides located at opposite sides of the other rail and forminga tripping device adapted to engage the hooks to deposit the hanger uponthe adjacent rail, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame, anendless carrier provided With hooks having depending portions or armsand adapted to be oscillated,

rails extending to and from the frame and located in the path of thehooks, one of the rails being arranged to support a hanger in positionto be engaged by the hooks, and a tripping device arranged to be engagedby the depending portions or arms of the hooks to deposit the hangers onthe other rail, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame, anendless carrier provided with hooks, rails extending to and from theframe, cleaning devices located at one of the flights of the endlesscarrier, a guard, located at the opposite flight of the endless carrierto steady the carcasses, and the opposite guides forming a trippingdevice and located at opposite sides of the rail extending from theframe, substantially as described.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame,rails extending into and out of the frame, a pair of scrapers mounted onthe frame, a pair of rotary brushes arranged above the scrapers, and anendless carrier having one of its flights arranged between the scrapersand the brushes and arranged to carry a carcass from one rail betweenthe scrapers and brushes to the other rail, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the class described,- the combination of a frame, anupright endless carrier, and a pair of rotary scrapers arranged atopposite sides of one of the flights of the endless carrier and composedof series of radially-disposed blades gradually varying in length, theblades of one of the scrapers gradually decreasing in length from thecenter to the ends and the blades of the other scraper being reverselyarranged, substantiallyas described.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a main frame,rotary scrapers, a carrier arranged to pass between the scrapers, andguards mounted on the main frame and arranged in pairs between thescrapers and spaced apart to form passages for the legs ,to protect thesame,substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame,rails extending into and out of the frame, an endless carrier arrangedadjacent to the rails and adapted to carry a carcass from one to theother, and devices located adjacent to the endless carrier for operatingon the carcass, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' THOMAS LEBIEDZINSKI.

WVitnesses FRAK WINKLER, ALFRED WILKOSHESKY.

